Dating and Relationships
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Introduction.
Home life began with God’s expressed desire for Adam to have a helpmate.
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
The word “meet” in Hebrew is “to tell”, it means to correspond. A Help corresponding to Him. A suitable help. Someone to mirror him, opposite him.
Adam has no one to talk to, and human relationships are built on conversations.
This is why so many good marriages are built out of two people who are very different, yet there must be some things that are the same.
gen 2:19
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
He didn’t go make a new creation she was made of the same stuff he was.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Our children are going to face different challenges than many of us did in choosing a spouse.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
6 And no believer should ever marry an unbeliever, under no circumstances. Should always marry believers.
59-0125 - Be Certain Of God
The first example in the Scripture of two believers coming together in marriage is Isaac and Rebekah. (Abraham and Sarah were married before they began to follow God.)
There are some basic principles we can take from this, including things we can apply spiritually, especially when it comes time to choose a church.
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
1. Have people in your life that you trust to help you make the right decision.
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
This was an important mission. Back then you didn’t have many girls to choose from.
You need someone to talk to, and seek counsel from them.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
I said, “Now, look Brother Osborn, get started on the right foot. Now, you can make a lot of noise, or anything, and people will follow you; but remember, your ministry, you’ll answer before God for it someday.”
I said, “There sets an old oak tree on my porch,” referring to Brother Bosworth; I said, “who knows about Divine healing. Crawl up under the tree and talk to him a little while.”
52-0713A - Early Spiritual Experiences
Seek wisdom, then do what God leads you to do.
Cultivate wise friendships. you don’t want advice from the people who are selling it.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
A Christian Mom and Dad are still the best source of wisdom, because they know you better than anyone else.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; Also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
2. Culture Matters
And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Rebekah’s family were not on the level of Abraham, but they at least had the same customs and culture.
3. If You are Where God Wants You to Be, Let Your Spouse come to You.
Our kids should not be used as tools to build someone’s church.
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
4. Be in the Right Place at the Right Time.
Serendipity works a lot better when you are at the meeting where the young people are.
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
It was no accident that he was looking for a Bride for Isaac at that place and time.
It was no accident that you are here this morning.
31 You were all pre-planned by God. Nothing happens by chance, with God. He knows all about it. It’s all pre-planned, planned for many generations back, so that you could be here tonight.
65-1205 - Things That Are To Be
It was no accident he sent a prophet to this generation.
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, Not day, nor night: But it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Statistically whoever your kids spend the most time around is the ones they’re going to marry. Be at the well at evening time.
“Now, I want you to notice how easy it is sometimes on a little persuasion for a Christian to get in the wrong company, trying to be pity. “Well, I tell you, I will just go down to the pool room. I won’t play any pool, but I’ll go down there. I’ll go to the dance with Susie, because she’s a good girl, and maybe I’ll win her to the Lord.” You’ll never do it, doing that. That’s right. Show your colors. That’s right. Don’t get on the wrong ground.
32 That’s what’s the matter with the Pentecostal church tonight. They’ve got on the wrong ground. That’s the reason that in the church tonight, the people…It used to be wrong for the people to do certain things. Now, it’s not wrong; they do it anyhow. You got on the wrong grounds. You got with the wrong crowd.
Show me your company, I’ll tell you who you are.
56-0728 - Making The Valley Full Of Ditches
And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: